Monday
(1)A representative of SMCCDI, an Iranian student freedom movement Samizdata has long supported, will be on the drivetime airwaves in southern California today:
Aryo B. Pirouznia will be speaking, on Monday April 12, 2004, on the widely listened Southern Californian 740 AM Talk Radio. The program is hosted by the famous KBRT's anchor Paul McGuire and will be of half an hour length starting from 05:00 PM PST.The SMCCDI Coordinator will be explaining the Movement's reasons for supporting President George W. Bush and why millions of Iranians are concerned by John Kerry's controversial position and statements in reference to the Tyrannical and Terrorist Islamic Republic regime.
It is hardly surprising Iranians would feel this way. I have heard similar sentiments expressed by some Iraqi bloggers and commenters. The upshot of this is, the American Iranian and Iraqi communities will be solidly in the Bush camp in the upcoming US elections.
One wonders if presidential hopefuls will in the future have to add two I's to the traditional 'three I's' voting blocks: Ireland, Italy, Israel... Iran and Iraq?
For more information, you can go here for the SMCCDI press release.
I have two Iranian girlfriends and they both voted for and still support Bush. Hardly a scientific sample, but encouraging to me. They insist upon being called Persian Americans not Iranian.
Posted by Amelia at April 12, 2004 04:54 PM
"The upshot of this is, the American Iranian and Iraqi communities will be solidly in the Bush camp in the upcoming US elections."
This is outlandish to the point of humor.
Posted by Jason at April 12, 2004 08:02 PM
And Vietnamese. A vote Kerry lost from Vietnamese is a vote Bush wins, whether they vote for Bush or not.
Posted by Lan Nguyen at April 12, 2004 11:45 PM
> the American Iranian and Iraqi communities will be
> solidly in the Bush camp in the upcoming US elections.
Can you point to any opinion polls supporting your claims?
MARCU$
Posted by Marcus Lindroos at April 13, 2004 02:11 PM
